Principal Specialist, Scheduling

RTX•Andover, MA

3d•$95,500 - $181,700•Onsite

About The Position

Raytheon has an opening for a Principal Specialist, Scheduling at its Andover, Massachusetts facility. The successful candidate will bring experience with Material Requirements Planning (MRP) systems in a manufacturing environment and use data-driven decision-making to support effective material and workforce forecasting. The role involves daily interaction with planning, production control, operations, quality, and manufacturing, test, and design engineering teams, as well as programs and business units, to maintain and meet organizational goals and objectives. This is an onsite role. The position requires an active and existing DoD Confidential security clearance after day one, and U.S. citizenship is required because only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance. The role supports production scheduling, material and kit readiness, shop-floor execution, inventory and system integrity, and the movement and disposition of materials.

Requirements

A university degree or equivalent experience and at least 5 years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and at least 3 years of experience.
Experience in planning, scheduling, production control, supply chain, manufacturing, operations, logistics, or another production-driven environment.
Experience with MRP/ERP systems.
Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required.
Active and existing security clearance required after day one.

Nice To Haves

Experience applying lean manufacturing concepts, with a proven track record of lean or Six Sigma project implementations.
Experience with special program access.
Experience with Wave track and material and inventory control systems such as Kanban, SMI, or Continuous Flow Manufacturing.
Experience with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Responsibilities

Analyze, track, and report material availability.
Manage kit readiness in collaboration with teams responsible for bills of material, material master data, process engineering, operations, and document control.
Release production orders in the MRP system and confirm them in the shop-floor system.
Coordinate the kitting process across multiple stores and consolidation areas.
Evaluate and coordinate training needs to improve use of metrics and system accuracy.
Improve process flows for assemblies in progress, material availability, and potential production problems; resolve production issues to ensure personnel, equipment, materials, and services are available as needed.
Provide production-floor support, including replacement-part management, shop-floor material staging, work-in-progress movement through shared resource areas, completion of units in shop-floor and MRP systems, delivery to the next step in inventory or shipment, and meeting the MRP schedule.
Control the physical disposition of nonconforming or specially handled material, including return to vendor, purged material, WIP STOP per contractual restrictions, and component or subassembly configuration as required.
Maintain the integrity of shop-floor, MRP, and inventory systems through key performance metrics.
Process piece-part movement to support internal builds through subcontractors, internal shared resources, and other Raytheon Technologies facilities.